A Winter Weekend

Dinner at Lillie's Q, snuggling by the fire at home, homemade pizza, cozy flannels on sale at J Crew.  This is what we call winter in Chicago... or hibernating.

My domestic weekend in photos

 Despite the crazy snow storm Friday, my weekend was quite productive.  Lots of cooking/baking, a little decorating and some quality girl time. 

{Baked my mom's super simple and delicious dark chocolate chip banana bread recipe}

 {showed my mantle some love, took a little trip to West Elm - white blown glass with a succulent nestled inside, all in that perfect glass dome}

{Ordered three of these to hang over our kitchen island.  They were only $13 per pendent!!  That's right, head on over to the home depot website and order yourselves some.  I just can't get enough brass in my life right now}

{Ordered this address stamp from MaeMae Paperie for our Save the Dates, RSVP cards and thank you notes}

Sunday

I have a love/hate relationship with Sundays.  Love starting the day with my boy, my bulldog, the newspaper and some coffee and getting my life in order before the week begins.  Hate the fact that Monday and all its craziness is just around the corner.  

 This Sunday happened to be a lovely one.  Brunch at Hot Chocolate with Cara and Morgan, then scored this wishbone necklace for $7 at Marc by Marc Jacobs.  

Sent the boy to Whole Foods with a very detailed list: lots of leafy greens, berries, quinoa, lentils... trying to do a little detox.  Hope you all had a lovely weekend

Weekend Roundup - Pump Room & Dose Market

{Some sparkle for a night out with the girls}

{Pump Room}

{Rosemary infused grapefruit cocktail. Delish}

{The Dose Market at River East Art Center for some holiday shopping and eating}

Weekend Roundup

No summer would be complete without a trip to Ravinia. For those of you who aren't familiar, Ravinia is a fabulous outdoor venue where you can bring your own food and wine and listen to live music under the stars. In my mind, it has all the elements of a perfect summer evening with friends. Saturday night, Lauren and I (along with the boys) made our annual trip. Good wine, great food and even better friends made for a perfect evening. Oh, we saw Chicago perform (so fitting!)

I also acquired a couple of new items for our living area. I love the texture this pillow gives to the room.

This is our new friend - not only is he charming, but he doubles as a vase. He lives on the bar for now.

Wednesday evening the boy and I had a little date night at The Southern. The truffle mac and cheese was bananas. The mixologists behind the bar were genius as well. Try the Southern Mule.

It was a beautiful late summer weekend in Chicago - hope you all had a lovely weekend as well!